Kraken Opens 7,000+ US Stocks to EEA Users Weeks After xStocks' SpaceX Shortfall
Cryip · Published Aug 18, 2026, 8:16 AM EDT
Article Summary
Kraken opened trading in more than 7,000 US-listed stocks to customers across the European Economic Area on Tuesday, letting them buy and hold real shares through the same account as its crypto and tokenized-stock products. The stock trading runs through Payward Europe Digital Solutions (CY) Limited, a Cyprus-licensed brokerage arm whose authorization, verified directly against Cyprus's regulator, has been active since November 2017, nearly eight years before Kraken had a tokenized-stock product to license at all.
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What Happened
Kraken opened trading in more than 7,000 US-listed stocks to customers across the European Economic Area on Tuesday, letting them buy and hold real shares through the same account as its crypto and tokenized-stock products. The stock trading runs through Payward Europe Digital Solutions (CY) Limited, a Cyprus-licensed brokerage arm whose authorization, verified directly against Cyprus's regulator, has been active since November 2017, nearly eight years before Kraken had a tokenized-stock product to license at all.
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Market Context
Published by Cryip. Category: Regulation. Published Aug 18, 2026, 8:16 AM EDT.
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